Resilient tire for vehicle-wheels.



G. 'KANN-2R. RESILIENT TIRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

Y APPLICATION FILED APR. 22| 1914. 1,209,592.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.-

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` Specincationofetters Patent;

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To all wimmelt mayconccwn.' i i Beit known that 1E, @Usi-av Kana-Ent a-` subfiectof the*- Kinlg of. Great; Britain and Ireland, I amd resident of the post town costly and less troublesomemeanslthan `the pneu-matie tire for absorbiing-theshockslreA sulting fromV roadinequalilties: Various? spring combinations have been proposed to this end butth-ese hafveoften been unreliable or costly and have not usually been capable of replacing or being substitutedi'for the tire upon the ordinarywlreel @ii-sandy and loose uninade track-s it is netfun-common for a vehicle to be incapable of proceed'ing. This'iis generally owing `to-tlre tires being too narrow.

The object of this invention is to provide a resilient tire for vehicle wheels adapted'` to suitably provide for the suspension of the vehicle load and the distribution of road shocks around the whole periphery of the wheel instead of at the point of contact only.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this speciication, Figure 1 is a side view of one half of a wheel according to this invention portion of a circumferential side plate being broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a wheel, on line ,il-A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3' is an enlarged sectional view of the wheel showing a modified arrangement of springs and the means employed to increase the tire width when traveling over sand and the like. Y

The wheel comprises a central hub 2, provided with a series of radial spokes 3, carrying a rim 4, of any suitable construction. Around the rim l is a series of inner circumferential split rings 5, between which are disposed the inner ends of a second se- "riesaoif circumferential plates G, the splitl rings 5` forming' spacing lnrenibers between the said platesV 161, whereby to form a series of circumferential spaces 7. "Encirclingthe split rings-5 anddisposed withintlie spaces 7 `is al further series of circumferential platesS, vhaving `formedbetween` them a seriesofl circumferential spaces 9, into which! the4 plates 6i projecti edges of theiplates 8 is a series of outer circinnfferential rings 10, which are held within theJ` spaces 9. are forinedin sections so that they may be readily placed around the rimi L1, and then clamped. or otherwise suitably secured" in position.W i

Fornredthroughthe plates `6 `and 8 are a plurality of corresponding radial aper` tures 11, 'each` provided with an inner and outer` curved. Vside 12, and theplates 6 and 8 are further formed with a serieslof tangentialf-apertures 13, eachl havingfits ends curved as at lll. `The holes 11 and `13 in the `pilatesf. `may be .smaller in size! than the corresponding'. holes the pilates 8, 'by means of wliichthe! plates 8; may slide.` in relation to the plates 6, with-ont displacing the' springs, as hereinafter described. y

Two circumferential' side* plates 1`5'-15' are^ sh own as secured upon the rim 4, by means of a series of bolts 16. Within each of the apertures 11 and 13 is a telescopic spring keeper member comprising a first member 17 having a curved head 18 and a second member 19, telescoping within the first member 17, and having a curved head 20. These curved heads engage the curved sides or ends, as the case may be, of the apertures 11 and 13. Encircling the members of each spring keeper member and engaging the heads 18 and 20 thereof is a helical spring 21.-

Encircling the outer circumferential rings 10, is a circumferential pad 28, and around the pad 28 is disposed a series of wire tread rings 29 secured therein in any suitable manner.

ln the modification as shown in Fig. 3,

The plates 6 and 8` At the outer Y instead of the center plates 6 and the two In this figure the spring keeper members are shown as not being telescopic so that any lateral movement of the two members 19 and 17 is prevented by the confinement of the springs within the spaces formed between the circumferential side plates 15 and the plate 8.

In Fig. 3, an auxiliary tread plate comprising a vertical flange liet, having a traction member l5 integral therewith and provided with strengthening ribs d6, is shown as supported in place by means of plates 47 passing through the flange 44: and through the plates 8 and 10, and spaced therefrom by means of washers 48.

The operation of the tire is as follows: Should any road unequality be encountered by the wheel, the outer circumferential rings 10 and the plates 8 will move inwardly, thus compressing the members 17 and 19, and the spring 21 carried thereby, the plates t distributing the shock evenly around the tlO whole of the wheel, thus compressing each individual spring and distributing the shock and maintaining the hub and circumferential plates concentric, the shock being absorbed not only by the springs within the radial apertures 11, but also by the springs within the tensioning apertures 13, by means of which the shock is distributed, as above stated.

lhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A resilient tire for vehicle wheels comprising in combination a wheel rim, a series of circumferential plates adjacent said rim provided with Aa plurality of radial and tangential spring apertures and having spaces therebetween, a second series of plates adapted to alternately engage said rst named series and having a plurality of radial and tangential spring apertures therein and a plurality of radial and tangential springs disposed within said apertures.

2. A resilient tire for vehicle wheels comprising in combination a wheel rim, a series of inner circumferential split rings, a series of circumferential plates separated by said rings, a second series of circumferential plates adapted to move between the first series, a series of outer circumferential rings alternately disposed between the plates of the second series, the rst and second series of plates having formed therein a series of radial spring apertures provided with curved ends, a spring` disposed within each radial aperture and provided with curvedV bearing members adapted to fit the curved ends of said apertures, said first and second series of plates having a series of tangential spring apertures provided with curved ends, a spring disposed within each tangential aperture and provided with curved bearing members adapted to lit the curved ends of said apertures.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto affixed my signaturein the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV KANTER.

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